Author: vintschevski
Date: 2021-11-13 14:02
Tony F, your comparisons aren't entirely accurate for the full history of these mouthpieces. There certainly were plastic 593s, but the 593 mouthpiece was also produced in other materials. I have one (a number 2, of course) that to all appearances is made of the same material as the two 1010 mouthpieces that I have. It actually plays quite well and is the reason why I included the 593 in my original post, because despite the difference in bore size, my 593 tunes better on my 1010 Symphony than the 1010 mouthpieces. Perhaps that shouldn't be so, but it is.
I also have a 926 mouthpiece and it is rather different, the tuning when I play it on my 1010 is way out, not acceptable. It also seems to be the same material as the 1010s, but has turned a rather bilious shade of brown. It is internally different from my 593 and has thin tip and side rails, whereas the 593 has really wide rails.
Now the main point is that all of these mouthpieces were around for decades and seem to have varied, at different times, in materials and quality and maybe dimensions as well. It can be difficult to generalize from a small sample. One is probably tempted to think that the lesser quality 593s came along later, but from what I have read, the quality could vary a lot from one mouthpiece to another in a batch produced at the same time - and this applies to the 1010 mouthpieces, also.
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